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mortgage

[mawr-gij] / ˈmɔr gɪdʒ /
NOUN
loan agreement
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Higher rates also raise mortgage, credit-card and other borrowing costs.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Increased home sales boost economic activity, including furniture purchases, moving services, and mortgage originations.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

I have over $3 million in IRA and taxable assets, not including my house, which is nearly paid off and carries a low-interest mortgage, and I am looking forward to a peaceful next chapter.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

A decline in mortgage rates during April made purchases more affordable, while an increase in home inventory gave buyers more choices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The entire food chain of intermediaries in the subprime mortgage market was duping itself with the same trick, using the foreshortened, statistically meaningless past to predict the future.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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